| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dr Charlotte Proudman |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | Born in September 1988. As of 2024, she is around 36 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Currently not married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | British |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Dr. Charlotte Proudman is an accomplished barrister, widely recognised for her exceptional contributions to the field of family law and her tireless advocacy for vulnerable women and survivors of domestic abuse. Her illustrious career has been marked by a series of remarkable achievements, making her a prominent figure in the legal profession.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Charlotte Proudman was born in 1988 in the UK. Her father, Richard Bailye was an engineer and a wealthy property investor.
- In 1992, when Charlotte was four years old, her father died in an accident, just a week after his daughter’s birthday.
- Charlotte seems to harbor some ill feelings towards her father and his family. Even her grandmother has come out to say that it was because her rich father didn’t leave her anything in his will for young Charlotte.
- Charlotte has also talked about how her father was an alcoholic and never had a good relationship with him.
- For her education, Proudman attended Keele University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws – LLB, Law and Sociology.
- She then went on to do a Bar Vocational Course, Law at University of London.
- She did her Master of Philosophy in Criminology at University of Cambridge.
- From 2013 to 2017, she completed her PhD in Sociology and Law from University of Cambridge.
Career, Salary and Net Worth :
- Charlotte started working as a barrister at Goldsmith Chambers after graduating and has continued to work for them over the years.
- She is also a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge where she researches and lectures on gender inequality under the law, domestic abuse and female genital mutilation.
- Charlotte is also a Senior Research Associate in Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge.
- The talented lawyer is ranked as Legal 500’s Leading Junior and practices in complex trials like high value matrimonial finance cases, child abduction, surrogacy and serious public law cases. Charlotte has worked on complex cases involving male violence against women that cut across crime, civil litigation and immigration law. She has represented and advised high-profile public and political figures.
- Her book, “FGM: When Culture and Law Clash” was published by Oxford University Press and talks about the dated practice of female genital mutilation and the horrors of it in the modern world.
- She is a visiting researcher at Berkeley Law School and Harvard Law School.
- Some of the things that Charlotte has advocated for and was instrumental in include drafting legislation that resulted in key legislative changes including raising the age of marriage from 16 to 18, criminalising child marriage, virginity testing and hymenoplasty, drafting amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill, introducing FGM Protection Orders and criminalising forced marriage.
- She is also a legal advisor to Our Streets Now and Plan UK, a campaign to criminalise sexual harassment and Ambassador to DAME, sustainable period products.
Awards and Recognition :
- Advocate of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2023.
- Rising Star of the Year at the Women Law Awards 2020.
- Featured in The Lawyer’s Hot Lawyers 100 list for 2022.
- Three nominations for Case of the Year.
- Commendation as Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year 2021.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Charlotte’s experience went viral when she tweeted about how Alexander Carter-Silk, a partner at a law firm who sent her a LinkedIn message calling her “stunning.”
- The Daily Mail released an article about the situation and called her a “Feminazi,” a title she’s very happy about.
- She caused another Twitter controversy when she suggested that new mothers should give their children their surname, celebrating the maternal line rather than accepting the tradition of the patriarchy.
- Dr. Proudman also gained notoriety for her criticism of the royal family during King Charles’ coronation, which she expressed on social media. She posted a picture of the King and others from the ceremony, where she referred to it as a display of “white male privilege and entitlement.”
- Proudman was involved in a groundbreaking High Court case that defined ‘gaslighting’ as domestic abuse in family law.